The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Blazers 10/7/2014

1. The Jazz’s excellent defense gave them the win in their first preseason game. The Jazz did well at virtually all facets of defense tonight, implementing their new-look scheme quite well. They allowed Portland just 73...

Expensive Air: A New TV Deal and the Utah Jazz

  Don’t touch that dial. Things are about to get interesting. ESPN and TNT are making it rain in the NBA world, with a nine-year $24 billion TV deal that could change the NBA’s economic landscape forever. This...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on the Jazz’s Open Scrimmage

1. This was a lower-key scrimmage than most in the past. This was probably the least important of the Jazz’s preseason open scrimmages in several years, for some really understandable reasons. First, the Jazz already ran a...

Utah Jazz Change Logo… Slightly

The Utah Jazz have changed their logo… albeit incredibly slightly.   Notice the difference? Here’s a breakdown of the changes, provided by the Jazz PR department.   Okay, it’s not much. But the Jazz...

Previewing the Utah Jazz’s Open Scrimmage

You guys, there’s real basketball! Five guys on one side, five on the other, bouncy orange ball, nylon-lined buckets at both ends…basketball! Stop tugging my arm, I’m totally under control. In the minds of many Jazz fans,...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Jimbo’s Jazz Wishes

Welcome to the next edition of Jimbo’s Mailbag! At Salt City Hoops, we know that covering a losing team without any humor can be dreary. As such, we decided to add a little bit more levity to our site via Jimbo’s unique...

Jazz Media Day and Training Camp Quotes – Salt City Hoops Podcast

On this week’s episode, we use quotes from Dennis Lindsey, Quin Snyder, Derrick Favors, and especially Enes Kanter to learn more about the Jazz’s upcoming season. What can we decipher by analyzing their words and...

Tempo Talk: Snyder, Jazz Aim to Push the Pace

    The Utah Jazz can still count on one hand the number of 2014-15 practices they’ve had, and already they’ve introduced their new philosophy in the form of a triumvirate of “P” words. Play with...

Predictions for the 2014-2015 Utah Jazz

With Utah Jazz media day in the books and training camp going full steam, optimism reigns supreme. That said, there should be a fair dose of realism, too. With this in mind, it’s time for my annual predictions. These are...

Utah Jazz 2014 Media Day Live Blog

5:08 PM MST: That’ll do it for our SCH Jazz media day live blog! Thanks to everyone who followed along live, and in advance to those who will catch up later on. Another big shout out to our fearless leader Andy Larsen, who...